Aircraft night flight control method and apparatus, control apparatus, and aircraft

Abstract

An aircraft control method includes: acquiring a current flight state of the aircraft, in response to the aircraft being in a night flight mode, the aircraft being provided with a visual sensor and a light supplementation lamp configured to provide a fill light function for the visual sensor; controlling the light supplementation lamp to emit light according to a light supplementation rule of the light supplementation lamp, in response to the aircraft being in a first flight state; and controlling the light supplementation lamp to emit light according to an alerting rule of the light supplementation lamp, in response to the aircraft being in a second flight state. The light supplementation rule is configured to control the light supplementation lamp to implement the fill light function in the night flight mode, and the alerting rule is configured to control the light supplementation lamp to implement an aircraft flight alerting function in the night flight mode.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An aircraft control method, comprising:
 acquiring a current flight state of the aircraft, in response to the aircraft being in a night flight mode, the aircraft being provided with a visual sensor and a light supplementation lamp configured to provide a fill light function for the visual sensor; 
 controlling the light supplementation lamp to emit light according to a light supplementation rule of the light supplementation lamp, in response to the aircraft being in a first flight state, wherein the light supplementation rule is configured to control the light supplementation lamp to implement the fill light function in the night flight mode; 
 controlling the light supplementation lamp to emit light according to an alerting rule of the light supplementation lamp, in response to the aircraft being in a second flight state, wherein the alerting rule of the light supplementation lamp is configured to control the light supplementation lamp to implement an aircraft flight alerting function in the night flight mode; and 
 controlling a night flight lamp provided on the aircraft to emit light according to an alerting rule of the night flight lamp, wherein the alerting rule of the night flight lamp is configured to control the night flight lamp to implement an aircraft flight reminder function in the night flight mode. 
 
     
     
       2. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein controlling the night flight lamp to emit light according to the alerting rule of the night flight lamp includes:
 controlling the night flight lamp to emit light according to a first alerting rule of the night flight lamp in response to the aircraft being in the first flight state; and 
 controlling the night flight lamp to emit light according to a second alerting rule of the night flight lamp in response to the aircraft being in the second flight state. 
 
     
     
       3. The method according to  claim 2 , wherein controlling the night flight lamp to emit light according to the first alerting rule of the night flight lamp in response to the aircraft being in the first flight state includes:
 controlling the night flight lamp to emit light at a preset low brightness level, according to the first alerting rule of the night flight lamp, when an altitude of the aircraft is less than a fifth altitude threshold, and/or a flying distance between the aircraft and a control terminal is less than a fifth distance threshold. 
 
     
     
       4. The method according to  claim 2 , wherein controlling the night flight lamp to emit light according to the second alerting rule of the night flight lamp in response to the aircraft being in the second flight state includes:
 controlling the night flight lamp to emit light at a preset medium brightness level, according to the second alerting rule of the night flight lamp, when an altitude of the aircraft is greater than a sixth altitude threshold and less than a seventh altitude threshold, and/or a flying distance between the aircraft and the control terminal is greater than a sixth distance threshold and less than a seventh distance threshold; or 
 controlling the night flight lamp to emit light at a preset high brightness level, according to the second alerting rule of the night flight lamp, when the altitude of the aircraft is greater than an eighth altitude threshold, and/or the flying distance between the aircraft and the control terminal is greater than an eighth distance threshold. 
 
     
     
       5. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the visual sensor and the light supplementation lamp are provided at a bottom of the aircraft, and the night flight lamp is provided on a top of the aircraft. 
 
     
     
       6. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein acquiring the current flight state of the aircraft includes:
 determining the current flight state of the aircraft according to a flight parameter of the aircraft, wherein:
 the flight parameter include at least one of an altitude of the aircraft, or a flying distance between the aircraft and a control terminal; and 
 when the altitude is less than a first altitude threshold and/or the flying distance is less than a first distance threshold, the aircraft is determined as in the first flight state, and when the altitude is greater than a second altitude threshold and/or the flying distance is greater than a second distance threshold, the aircraft is determined as in the second flight state. 
 
 
     
     
       7. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein controlling the light supplementation lamp to emit light according to the light supplementation rule of the light supplementation lamp includes:
 controlling the light supplementation lamp to be constantly on according to the light supplementation rule of the light supplementation lamp, to provide the fill light function for the visual sensor provided on the aircraft. 
 
     
     
       8. The method according to  claim 1 , wherein controlling the light supplementation lamp to emit light according to the alerting rule of the light supplementation lamp includes:
 controlling the light supplementation lamp to emit light at a preset medium brightness level, according to the alerting rule of the light supplementation lamp, when an altitude of the aircraft is greater than a second altitude threshold and less than a third altitude threshold, and/or when a flying distance between the aircraft and a control terminal is greater than a second distance threshold and less than a third distance threshold; or 
 controlling the light supplementation lamp to emit light at a preset high brightness level, according to the instructions of the alerting rule of the light supplementation lamp, when the altitude of the aircraft is greater than a fourth altitude threshold, and/or the flying distance between the aircraft and the control terminal is greater than a fourth distance threshold. 
 
     
     
       9. The method according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 detecting whether a night flight function button on a user interface is selected, and determining that the aircraft is in the night flight mode in response to the aircraft being in the first flight state. 
 
     
     
       10. A control apparatus, comprising:
 a controller; and 
 a memory, wherein:
 the controller is configured, when executing program instructions stored in the memory, to perform:
 acquiring a current flight state of an aircraft, in response to the aircraft being in a night flight mode, the aircraft being provided with a visual sensor and a light supplementation lamp configured to provide a fill light function for the visual sensor; 
 controlling the light supplementation lamp to emit light according to a light supplementation rule of the light supplementation lamp, in response to the aircraft being in a first flight state, wherein the light supplementation rule is configured to control the light supplementation lamp to implement the fill light function in the night flight mode; and 
 controlling the light supplementation lamp to emit light according to an alerting rule of the light supplementation lamp, in response to the aircraft being in a second flight state, wherein the alerting rule of the light supplementation lamp is configured to control the light supplementation lamp to implement an aircraft flight alerting function in the night flight mode; and 
 controlling a night flight lamp provided on the aircraft to emit light according to an alerting rule of the night flight lamp, wherein the alerting rule of the night flight lamp is configured to control the night flight lamp to implement an aircraft flight reminder function in the night flight mode. 
 
 
 
     
     
       11. The control apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the controller, when controlling the night flight lamp to emit light according to the alerting rule of the night flight lamp, is configured to:
 control the night flight lamp to emit light according to a first alerting rule of the night flight lamp, in response to the aircraft being in the first flight state; and 
 control the night flight lamp to emit light according to a second alerting rule of the night flight lamp, in response to the aircraft being in the second flight state. 
 
     
     
       12. The control apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the controller, when controlling the night flight lamp to emit light according to the first alerting rule of the night flight lamp, in response to the aircraft being in the first flight state, is configured to:
 control the night flight lamp to emit light at a preset low brightness level, according to the first alerting rule of the night flight lamp, when an altitude of the aircraft is less than a fifth altitude threshold, and/or a flying distance between the aircraft and a control terminal is less than a fifth distance threshold. 
 
     
     
       13. The control apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the controller, when controlling the night flight lamp to emit light according to the second alerting rule of the night flight lamp, in response to the aircraft being in the second flight state, is configured to:
 control the night flight lamp to emit light at a preset medium brightness level, according to the second alerting rule of the night flight lamp, when an altitude of the aircraft is greater than a sixth altitude threshold and less than a seventh altitude threshold, and/or a flying distance between the aircraft and a control terminal is greater than a sixth distance threshold and less than a seventh distance threshold; or 
 control the night flight lamp to emit light at a preset high brightness level, according to the second alerting rule of the night flight lamp, when the altitude of the aircraft is greater than an eighth altitude threshold, and/or the flying distance between the aircraft and the control terminal is greater than an eighth distance threshold. 
 
     
     
       14. The control apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the controller, when being acquiring the current flight state of the aircraft, is configured to:
 determine the current flight state of the aircraft according to a flight parameter of the aircraft, wherein:
 the flight parameter include an altitude of the aircraft, and/or a flying distance between the aircraft and a control terminal; and 
 when the altitude is less than a first altitude threshold and/or the flying distance is less than a first distance threshold, the aircraft is determined as in the first flight state, and when the altitude is greater than a second altitude threshold and/or the flying distance is greater than a second distance threshold, the aircraft is determined as in the second flight state. 
 
 
     
     
       15. The control apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the controller, when controlling the light supplementation lamp to emit light according to the light supplementation rule of the light supplementation lamp, is configured to:
 control the light supplementation lamp to be constantly on according to the light supplementation rule of the light supplementation lamp, to provide the fill light function for the visual sensor provided on the aircraft. 
 
     
     
       16. The control apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein the controller, when controlling the light supplementation lamp to emit light according to the alerting rule of the light supplementation lamp, is configured to:
 control the light supplementation lamp to emit light at a preset medium brightness level, according to the alerting rule of the light supplementation lamp, when an altitude of the aircraft is greater than the second altitude threshold and less than a third altitude threshold, and/or a flying distance between the aircraft and a control terminal is greater than the second distance threshold and less than a third distance threshold; or 
 control the light supplementation lamp to emit light at a preset high brightness level, according to the alerting rule of the light supplementation lamp, when the altitude of the aircraft is greater than a fourth altitude threshold, and/or the flying distance between the aircraft and the control terminal is greater than a fourth distance threshold. 
 
     
     
       17. The control apparatus according to  claim 10 , wherein:
 the controller is further configured to detect whether a night flight function button on a user interface is selected, and in response to the night flight function button being selected, determine that the aircraft is in the night flight mode.